| PRINCEANDREW | A Royal |
| GALA | Swimming event/meet for clubs to compete; or, a special evening hosted at the Royal Opera House for a Royal Ballet production, for example (4) |
| ORANGE | A fruit; a royal house |
| PLEB | Non-Royal to a Royal |
| TIERCEMAJOR | An old name for the top three cards in a royal flush, that is, A-K-Q in the same suit* |
| ARRAIGN | Sounds like a royal description of what a king will do in court proceedings (7) |
| ARMOURER | A Royal Mail server, powerless as a mail keeper (8) |
| REGALLY | Reginald needs a friend - like a Royal (7) |
| WEARENOTAMUSED | Women used a tear causing a royal response (2,3,3,6) |
| COMMANDO | Nothing more than a captaincy for a Royal Marine (8) |
| TIARA | It upset a royal with a jewelled head ornament (5) |
| SALARIED | Girl, a royal one, with journalist paid a regular amount (8) |
| POSTWAR | Pole initially welcoming a royal after a conflict (4-3) |
| ASCOTRACES | A Northerner cares about a Royal occasion (5,5) |
| MATRIARCH | Head of a family with rug, wealthy, embracing a royal (9) |
| SOCIETY | Royal -; founded by Robert Boyle, Sir Christopher Wren and others and granted a royal charter by Charles II, the UK's national science academy (7) |
| BUDDHA | Born Siddhartha Gautama into a royal family, the founder of a religion based on karma, the "four noble truths" and attaining nirvana (6) |
| DYNASTY | General name for a royal house or powerful family; or, a 1980s series with Joan Collins as Alexis Colby (7) |
| STUART | A trust set up by a royal house |
| LAUDER | Small Borders town (pop about 1,500), a royal burgh with a charter dated 1502 (6) |
